Senate Finally Curbs Trump's Venezuela Authority, Ignoring Decades of US Meddling
Funny how the Senate finds its spine on military adventurism when it's against a lame-duck president targeting a country the establishment prefers to destabilize via sanctions and covert operations, not overt military bluster. Meanwhile, Congress rubber-stamps endless wars and resolutions supporting actions that destabilize the Middle East, with nary a whimper from most of these 'concerned'
senators. Recall the bipartisan efforts that plunged Iraq into chaos or the persistent pressure for confrontation with Iran (HR 815, 2023, funding for US allies in the region, passed 401-19). Where was this sudden concern for constitutional authority then? The Venezuelan effort is less about preventing conflict and more about managing the optics of imperial ambition. The US has a long, sordid
history of interfering in Latin American sovereignty, from Chile in 1973 to funding contra forces in Nicaragua in the 1980s. This resolution isn't a principled stand; it's an exercise in selectively applying congressional oversight when it aligns with preferred foreign policy methods, i.e., economically strangling a country rather than a messy, public invasion. How many 'resolutions' did it take
to curb Bush or Obama's authority in actual, ongoing wars that killed hundreds of thousands?